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Back to Nadia : becoming a "boy" for survival in Afghanistan / directed by Grau Serra ; produced by Batabat.

Title	Back to Nadia : becoming a "boy" for survival in Afghanistan / directed by Grau Serra ; produced by Batabat.
Publication Date:	2011
Publication Place	New York, NY - Filmakers Library
Subject	Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions. Impersonation.
Type	Other
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource (53 min.).
Library:	Yale University
Record ID	991010484547308651
Date	2011
Notes	Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 14, 2013). In Farsi. Original language in Farsi.
Sample Text	Returning from the hospital after the suicide bombing that killed her brother, eleven-year-old Nadia has an epiphany: she will pretend to be a boy, assuming her brother's identity and name in order to support her family. In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan where women and girls are not allowed to work outside the home, Nadia spends eleven years masquerading as her brother Esmerai before ultimately escaping to Europe and reclaiming her identity as a female. Back to Nadia is the fascinating story of gender and personal transformation in a society that leaves women with few options for freedom and autonomy.
Kataloğa Eklendi	July 09, 2025
Diğer Sorumlular	Serra, Grau Batabat
Diğer Formatlar	Previously released as DVD.
Dizi	Academic Video Online
Varyant ve İlgili Başlıklar	Back to Nadia

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Back to Nadia : becoming a "boy" for survival in Afghanistan / directed by Grau Serra ; produced by Batabat.

Publication Date 2011

Publication Place New York, NY - Filmakers Library

Subject Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions. Impersonation.

Type Other

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (53 min.).

Library Yale University

Record ID 991010484547308651

Date 2011

Notes Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 14, 2013). In Farsi. Original language in Farsi.

Sample Text Returning from the hospital after the suicide bombing that killed her brother, eleven-year-old Nadia has an epiphany: she will pretend to be a boy, assuming her brother's identity and name in order to support her family. In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan where women and girls are not allowed to work outside the home, Nadia spends eleven years masquerading as her brother Esmerai before ultimately escaping to Europe and reclaiming her identity as a female. Back to Nadia is the fascinating story of gender and personal transformation in a society that leaves women with few options for freedom and autonomy.

Kataloğa Eklendi July 09, 2025

Diğer Sorumlular Serra, Grau Batabat

Diğer Formatlar Previously released as DVD.

Dizi Academic Video Online

Varyant ve İlgili Başlıklar Back to Nadia